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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- man4
- English meanings
- free, unrestrained, to inundate
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 曼.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
曼 is identified as the sound component (màn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 漫.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
rude
wholly
to conceal from
spread; creeper
very
steamed bun
Example sentences
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Related words
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